Lunacy’s plugin-based instrument platform NOVA is being given away for free! The host plugin and five instruments — Woodland Piano, Chiptuner, Silhouettes, Good Vibes and Zephyr Strings — are all free to use.
In this article we cover the free release details and an overview of what NOVA is.
1. What Is Lunacy NOVA?
NOVA is Lunacy’s new instrument platform and marketplace: you install a single free host plugin in your DAW and then get access to a sound library that works seamlessly between your browser and your DAW. The concept is close to Spitfire Audio LABS, and at launch five instruments — Woodland Piano, Chiptuner, Silhouettes, Good Vibes and Zephyr Strings — are offered for free. Every instrument can be opened and played with its full interface right in the browser before you download it, and paid instruments can be auditioned before you buy.
Key Features
- Woodland Piano: a 4-layer upright piano with modelled pedal noise and key release noise, plus a granular delay that rises by octaves.
- Good Vibes: a vibraphone sampled across 4 velocity layers, featuring reverse delay, rotor tremolo and granular textures.
- Zephyr Strings: 2-layer multisampled strings recorded with the Budapest Strings. The Intensity macro lets you control dynamics and brightness from the mod wheel.
- Silhouettes: an experimental instrument that blends five synthesis and sampling engines via an XY pad.
- Chiptuner: a chip synth with 16 waveforms, a tempo-synced arpeggiator and a 2-stage bitcrusher.
- You can open the full interface of any NOVA instrument in your browser and play it, including the paid ones.
- Buying a paid instrument (Gleam / Growl / Anima / Swarm / Drift Cassette) unlocks it inside the free NOVA host.
Sample used in the video: MNT_HE_95_drum_kit_space_organ_astral_hypnosis — Splice Sounds official site
2. How to Install and Activate NOVA
Open the “Download NOVA” menu on the official NOVA page and pick the macOS or Windows installer to download and install it. You will need to sign in with a Lunacy account when you launch it.
Conclusion
That is the rundown on the free Lunacy NOVA release. One free host plugin gets you a piano, vibraphone, strings, a chip synth and an experimental hybrid instrument, so it is well worth grabbing.